Most Popular Digital Marketing Headlines This Year

The most viewed headlines from our Digital Marketing Topic Page over the last year.

#1 First Amendment Does Not Protect Social Media Retaliation Against Employees

May 29 2024 // A federal court in Vermont recently ruled that the First Amendment does not protect a construction firm and its officials using social media to retaliate against employees who exercise their rights under federal labor...

#2 Social Media Giants Avoid School Districts’ Addiction Claims

Jun 10 2024 // Meta Platforms Inc. and other social media companies won the dismissal of novel claims in hundreds of lawsuits brought by school districts seeking to recover costs for addressing the negative impacts of students’...

#3 How Social Media Complicates Defamation Claims and How to Handle Them

Sep 12 2024 // Five professional models who sued long after a state’s three year statute of limitations expired may pursue their defamation claims against an adult entertainment nightclub for posting their images to the giant...

#4 Meta’s Zuckerberg Not Liable in Lawsuits Over Social Media Harm to Children

Nov 12 2024 // A federal judge said Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg is not personally liable in 25 lawsuits accusing his company of addicting children to social media. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, California...

#5 Meta Must Face State Lawsuits Over Teen Social Media Addiction

Oct 16 2024 // Facebook parent company Meta must face lawsuits by U.S. states accusing it of fueling mental health problems among teens by making its Facebook and Instagram platforms addictive, a federal judge in California ruled on...

#6 New York Enacts Law to Limit ‘Addictive’ Social Media Feeds for Kids

Jun 24 2024 // New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday signed a bill that would allow parents to block their children from getting social media posts suggested by a platform’s algorithm, a move to limit feeds critics argue are...

#7 Utah Insurance Department Warns of Phony Policies Sold on Social Media

Apr 11 2025 // The Utah Insurance Department’s Fraud Division is warning consumers about an increase in fake auto insurance policies being marketed to the Hispanic community using WhatsApp. The department has not identified the...

#8 Texas AG Sues TikTok For Violating State’s New Social Media Law

Oct 4 2024 // Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued TikTok on Thursday for sharing and selling minors’ personal information, violating a new state law that seeks to protect children who are active on social media, accusations...

#9 Viewpoint: What’s on Tap for Insurance Digital Marketing in 2025?

Dec 6 2024 // Historically, insurance has had a reputation as an industry slow to embrace change. However, it’s safe to say that technology and customer expectations are leaving insurers with no choice but to adapt. Individuals...

#10 UK Revisits Social Media Regulation After Far-Right Riots

Aug 12 2024 // The British government is considering changes to the Online Safety Act designed to regulate social media companies, following a week of racist rioting driven by false information online. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT The act,...

#11 Meta Must Face Massachusetts Social Media Addiction Lawsuit

Oct 21 2024 // Meta Platforms must face a lawsuit by Massachusetts alleging the social media company purposely deployed features on its Instagram platform to addict young users and deceived the public about the dangers it posed to the...

#12 New York Readies Bill Giving Parents Some Control Over Kids’ Social Media Feeds

Jun 7 2024 // New York lawmakers on Tuesday said they were finalizing legislation that would allow parents to block their children from getting social media posts curated by a platform’s algorithm, a move to rein in feeds that...